Oblivion features an decently-vast open-end world, where you can dither from the main quest as far as you'd like.
People have raved about the A.I. in this game. I don't know what game they were playing, but, it was not Oblivion.
The A.I. is so smart in this game, I saw one particular NPC "digging" the concrete paths around the city with a shovel. Yeah, real smart A.I. Can't even tell dirt from concrete.
The World may be quite large, but, it's a pretty empty and lonely place.
Yes, there are lots of NPC's. But, you'll probably not care for a single one of them...
Many peoples PC's will run into many issues while playing this game.
Gameplay: A.I. is very stupid. Varied gameplay, simple stealth/combat/magic mechanics. It would seem even current-gen games are running into the same problems games on past generation systems had i.e: enemy running constantly into walls.
Graphics: Impressive to an extent, but, only if you can actually get it to run smoothly on an High-End PC... On a low-to-mid-end PC, you can expect the game to look very lifeless indeed, with performance issues...
Sound: Plentiful Voice Acted dialogue, with some big-names lending a helping larynx.
Decent sound samples for most everything.
Issues with characters repeating the same lines over and over again (but, this will probably always be an issue with games with voice acting).
Value: You'll spend a lot of time with this game. But, are you playing it because it's good, or just merely because "it's there"?....
Tilt: I want to like games like this, and give them good scores.
Mabye if they'd condensed all the content into a much smaller world, it would have made for a more cohesive and interesting world.
It was an ambitious game, which failed on many many fronts.
A disappointment in the highest regard.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion ---- 6.2 fair ----